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Households to get £1,000 council tax discount for taking in Ukraine refugees

Those that claim a single occupancy discount, worth 25% off your council tax bill, will also be protected from losing this reduction if they take in a Ukraine refugee

Daily Mirror

Refugee visa system is not a shambles — Priti Patel is on the case, George Eustice says

Figures show only 12,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in the UK so far out of the 3.7 million who have fled since Russia’s invasion began

Evening Standard

Sabina Nessa’s sister says outcry would have been greater if she were white

Jebina Yasmin Islam blames ethnicity for initial lack of headlines over murder, and also criticises Priti Patel

The Guardian - UK

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Sabina Nessa: We would have been treated better if we were white, says family

The sister of murdered teacher Sabina Nessa has said their family would have been treated better if they were white.

Evening Standard

Sabina Nessa’s family would have been treated better if white British – sister

Koci Selamaj was jailed for at least 36 years for the murder of Ms Nessa.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel told UK visa process for Ukrainian refugees is a 'national disgrace'

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper branded the speed of the visa process for Ukrainian refugees as 'scandalous and shameful', leaving thousands of people 'stuck in limbo'

Daily Mirror

Name the eight oligarchs given ‘golden visas’, demands Labour

Exclusive: Call for Priti Patel to name the Russians on sanctions list and publish report on defunct visa purchase scheme

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Russian spies? No wonder we recoil from this demonisation of refugees

Ministers have mobilised anti-east European sentiment before. Now they just look spiteful

The Guardian - UK

'PM needs a firm hand with Priti Patel if he wants to help Ukrainian refugees'

Boris Johnson has shown that Britain is committed to Ukrainian independence and that it stands by refugees in their hour of need. However, Priti Patel is not issuing them with visas quickly enough

Daily Mirror

Ukraine MP says Priti Patel promised refugee visas in 3 days - and she's waited 3 weeks

Lesia Vasylenko, 35, who took up arms to fight the Russians, is trying to get 30 families who fled to Poland or are still stranded in western Ukraine into Britain where new homes are waiting for them

Daily Mirror

Sabina Nessa: Murdered teacher’s sister ‘condemns Priti Patel over support’

The sister of murdered teacher Sabina Nessa has condemned Priti Patel for failing to support female victims of violence, according to a report.

Evening Standard

Cressida Dick hits out at ‘politicisation of policing’ in parting shot as she leaves Metropolitan Police

Women’s campaginers criticise commissioner’s ‘letter to London’ after it hails achievements and fails to name Sarah Everard

The Independent UK

Using Windrush to justify UK visa rule for Ukrainian refugees baffles experts

Analysis: Windrush scandal wrongly categorised people as illegal immigrants, while most Ukrainian refugees have documentation

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Government brands Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘unacceptable’ on visa count

Data published on Friday showed just 570 visas relating to Scottish sponsors have been issued out of 43,600 applications.

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Daily Record

Ukraine: Only 566 visas offered to refugees so far to travel to Scotland for sanctuary

Despite a dedicated scheme allowing refugees to travel without a sponsor host, Home Office delays in issuing visas has kept the numbers of those arriving very low.

Evening Standard

Homes for Ukraine visas issued by London borough revealed as 2,100 granted in capital

Ministers have apologised after criticism that visa schemes are not working fast enough

The Independent UK

UK defends Ukraine refugee policy amid anger at slow pace

The British government is defending its Ukraine refugee policy despite figures indicating that only 12,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war have arrived in the U.K. The figure from the government includes 10,800 people who came to join family members in Britain, and just 1,200 under the Homes for Ukraine program set…

Manchester Evening News

More than 200 visas issued so far to Ukrainians to come to Greater Manchester

But the latest data comes amid continuing concern applications are taking too long to process - risking lives

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The Independent UK

Priti Patel apologises over ‘frustrating’ time taken to grant visas to Ukrainian refugees

‘Always easy to blame someone else,’ says home secretary

Daily Mirror

Shamed Priti Patel apologises as just 1,200 Homes for Ukraine refugees arrive in UK

The Home Secretary said 'I apologise with frustration' but defended her record after creaking bureaucracy stopped Brits being able to host Ukrainians in their spare rooms

The Independent UK

Just 1,200 Ukrainian refugees in UK homes under sponsorship scheme as 71% of applicants still waiting

Ministers accused of ‘squandering’ generosity of British public with ‘needless bureaucracy and delays’

The Independent UK

Priti Patel voices ‘frustration’ at time taken to process Ukraine visas

Around 12,000 people had arrived in the UK under Ukraine visa schemes as of Tuesday, according to Home Office figures.

Daily Record

Ukraine: Priti Patel 'sorry' as figures show only 12,000 refugees have arrived in UK

The latest figures show that nearly 80,000 Ukrainians have applied for visas but only 12,000 have actually reached the UK.

Chronicle Live

Durham couple appalled after driving to Poland to collect Ukrainian refugees only to return empty handed

Paul Aitchison and Helene Kell have slammed the Government's recent Homes for Ukraine system

Evening Standard

A maze of red tape, data losses and visa bottlenecks — inside the UK’s Homes for Ukraine fiasco

Just 1,200 of the 32,000 Ukrainians who have applied to the Government’s sponsorship scheme have safely arrived in the UK, leaving thousands starving, sick and in danger while they wait — so how did Michael Gove’s re-homing process all go so wrong? Katie Strick reports

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